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Apri] 11, 2947 SOUVENIR WEAPONS: 4 POSTWAR PROBLEY ose - : By ; | ehn Edgar Hoover, Director Federal Bureau of Investigation Untted States Deportnent of Juetice #Zuropeans have, no doubt, observed that American eervicenuen sbroad heve @ Iiuttless enthustase for souvenire. This penchant, tnnocently eseugh, has created @ grave postwar problen for duertean law enferoenent, because foretgn-made gure ere high eon the preferred list ef seldtera' eouventrs.. b>. the United States during the past four yecrs: automatic rifles, Ptetols, revolvers and machtne guns - an tnaumerchle vartety of weapons which eur men encountered on thetr tours of duty in al] areae ef the earth. Among the most popular ef the weapons | brought to.duerioa by returning servfcemen @re two Furopear hand- guns} the Gernan milttory automatic pletel, pepularly know: as the "7-38," and the Itultan Beretta tn the 9 nilitaeter corto and tn the 7.65 millimeter ealibresa. These guns are favorites not enly because of thetr tatrinsic merite as firecras but also because auttable emmunitton for then ta auatlable on the Amertcan ois icy